Summary: Jiangxi Huihe has completed the construction of a chlorantraniliprole TC line, a flonicamid TC line, a spirotetramat TC line, a shared line for dinotefuran TC, flusilazole TC and tebuconazole TC, and supporting facilities.

In early Sept., CCM learned from Jiangxi Huihe Chemical Co., Ltd. (Jiangxi Huihe) that it had built up all the production lines and facilities planned in the 3,000 t/a high-efficacy pesticide project, and all the lines had gone into trial run by mid-Aug. According to the company's 3,000 t/a project plan, production capacity of 600 t/a chlorantraniliprole TC, 500 t/a dinotefuran TC, 500 t/a flonicamid TC, 300 t/a spirotetramat TC, 200 t/a flusilazole TC, 900 t/a tebuconazole TC would be built. Of the planned products, chlorantraniliprole, dinotefuran, flonicamid and spirotetramat are trend insecticides in today's market, and flusilazole and tebuconazole are fungicides. The products chlorantraniliprole TC, flonicamid TC and spirotetramat TC have their specific lines, while dinotefuran TC, flusilazole TC and tebuconazole TC share the same production line. In fact, since Sept. 2022, parts of the lines have already entered trial run. This time, after the whole project was finished, a full-scale trial production has started, which would help keep the operation of shared line in good shape and properly tune the equipment up to optimal state.

As regards Jiangxi Huihe's pesticide registration resources, so far the company has obtained certificates for dinotefuran TC, flonicamid TC, spirotetramat TC, flusilazole TC and tebuconazole TC. It has also initiated the application process for chlorantraniliprole TC registration, and there is high possibility for an approval.

Jiangxi Huihe is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jiangxi Zhengbang Crop Protection Co., Ltd. (Jiangxi Zhengbang). It is located in the Xinghuo Industrial Park, Yongxiu County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. This Xinghuo Industrial Park is a recognised chemical park and pesticide industry is one of the industries the park is positioned to develop. Many pesticide enterprises have also settled in the park.

The parent company Jiangxi Zhengbang is a comprehensive pesticide conglomerate. It has set up several production bases, and Jiangxi Huihe is one of its key bases. In recent years, to better serve the overall development strategy of Jiangxi Zhengbang, Jiangxi Huihe has increased investment in pesticide projects, making full use of the reserved land in its plant as well as favourable policy support offered by the park.

In 2021, Jiangxi Huihe brought its crop protection formulation full automation project (phase I) into normal operation, which greatly expanded its production capacity for pesticide formulations, up by 25,650 t/a. The phase II is currently under construction, which will add another 24,350 t/a pesticide formulation capacity once completed. At present, Jiangxi Huihe boasts active production facilities for prochloraz TC and a series of pesticide formulation products, besides the newly-built trial-running lines. In general, its production capacity for pesticide formulations far exceeds that for TC products.

That is also the general picture in Jiangxi Zhengbang, with the production capacity in all of its production bases combined. Jiangxi Zhengbang's overall pesticide formulation business is way larger than its pesticide TC business. It is well known that expenses on the purchase of TC products usually make up great proportion of total cost in the production of formulations. Once there are price hikes in the pesticides TC it purchases or there is a shortage of some TC products, Jiangxi Zhengbang will face mounting cost or insufficient raw materials, which will deliver a heavy blow to its formulation business.